An image showing 'N24564; Looking to port and down from the top of B turret on the battlecruiser Repulse (1916) showing men removing a retaining piece from the breech end of the barrel. The ship is berthed under the 250 ton hammerhead crane on the north side of the promontory in No. 3 Basin of Portsmouth Dockyard. Her 15 inch guns are being replaced during a three year modernization. Vertical format.'

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Removing the left gun in B turret of the battlecruiser Repulse (1916) in No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

Looking to port and down from the top of B turret on the battlecruiser Repulse (1916) showing men removing a retaining piece from the breech end of the barrel. The ship is berthed under the 250 ton hammerhead crane on the north side of the promontory in No. 3 Basin of Portsmouth Dockyard. Her 15 inch guns are being replaced during a three year modernization. Vertical format.

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Object details

ID:	N24564
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	February 1935
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 126 mm x 100 mm